A 4.8km run and a really good breakfast and we are on the road by 9am. It's quite warm and the roads in this part of Canada are REALLY dusty.
Our first stop is at Maccas in Fort St John just a stretch and a loo break. We planned to stop for coffee at Wonowon but we blinked and missed it so then kept our eyes peeled for Pink Mountain RV park. As we pulled up it started to rain very lightly. The driveway of the petrol station was gravel, yuk! and you could only access the pumps from one side. Then we had to get back on the bike and ride across the road for lunch. There are a lot of gas and oil workers living in camps around this area so when we walk into the restaurant we have to remove our boots!!! Dave is NOT happy ha ha lunch was yummy though so that makes up for it. By the time we finish lunch the rain has stopped. But it's quite muddly underfoot and I slip getting back on the bike if it wasn't for Dave's backrest I would have landed in the mud! caulked my thigh badly though I was half laughing half crying!!!
A lttle way down the road we stop for a pit stop at Sikanni River RV park where the only loo is a thunderbox not bad as thunderboxes go!! Our next stop was to be Prophet River but both the roadhouses were shut we just needed a stretch so we pull off the road just a short way past the abandoned roadhouses. The mossies are mega huge and we only stop long enough for a short stretch.
Today we saw our first moose munching on grass beside the road. It was a fair way from the road and it was kneeling to eat I figured as long as it was down kneeling to eat we were safe. We also saw what we think was an elk must look that up on google.
We get to our hotel at 3pm and I put the washing on while Dave goes to fuel up the bike, fill the tyres and wash the windscreen. While the washing is in the dryer we get a cup of tea and share a peice of pecan pie oh joy!!
The hotel rooms are really big they have a door coming off a corridor on the 'outside' of the hotel while there is a sliding door that leads to an indoor 'courtyard' where there is a pool (it's closed) we see two men (John & Terry) walking along the 'verandah' outside our sliding glass window with helmets and Dave strikes up a conversation with them they are from England and are travelling for 6 months they are also heading to Alaska. But they are planning to ride to Prudhoe Bay which is on the artic circle and the only way there is on about 300 miles of UNSEALED roads. No we are not going!! I think we are being adventurous enough.
We had dinner in the restaurant tonight I had a steak with yorkshire pud and baked potato & veges. David had a stir fry really good food and we tried some canadian beer very nice.
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